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International Academic Training Programs

The following is a list of formal academic and training programs outside North America in medical, nursing, and health care informatics. For academic biomedical and health informatics programs in North America, please click here.

If your institution has a program that should be included in this list, please send a message here; include the Web address of your program and indicate which of the types of degrees and training are available.

AUSTRALIA

Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Health Informatics
Graduate Certificate
Graduate Diploma in Health Informatics
Short and Long courses
*All courses are off campus distance learning

University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
Master of Health Informatics
Degrees Available:
Masters (available from 2004)
PhD in Health Informatics

University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
Master of Health Informatics
Degrees Available:
Masters (available from 2004)
PhD in Health Informatics

The University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia

University of Wollongong
Wollongong NSW, Australia
Master of Health Informatics

AUSTRIA

University for Health Informatics and Technology Tyrol (UMIT)
Innsbruck, Austria
Medical Informatics
Degrees Available:
BSc in Medical Informatics
MSc in Medical Informatics
PhD in Medical Informatics

BRAZIL

Federal University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Master of Health Informatics
PhD in Health Informatics
Marilia Medical School
Marilla, Estate of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Medical Course
undergraduate medical course

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
(Federal University of Pernambuco)
Grupo de Tecnologias da Informação em Saúde (TIS)
(Health Information Technology Group)
Recife-PE, Brazil
Undergraduation:
1. Lessons for the Medical Course and others health courses
Posgraduation:
1. Internal Medicine Master Program
2. Informatics Master Program

CANADA

Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Degrees Available:
Master of Science - MSc
PhD

Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Degrees Available:
Honours Bachelor of Computing in Biomedical Computing

University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Health Information Science
Degrees Available:
Bachelor of Science - BSc
Master of Science - MSc (Online or On-campus)
PhD (by Special Arrangement)

University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Education Program for Health Informatics Professionals (EPHIP)
Certificate Program - Online/distance education programs

CUBA

Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana (ISCM-H)
La Habana, Cuba
Master in Health Informatics
Degree Available:
Masters

GERMANY

Georg-August-University Goettingen
Applied Informatics / Health Information Officer
Goettingen, Germany
BSc
MSc in Medical Informatics

University of Essen
Essen, Germany
Medizin-Management with Informatics specialization
Degrees Available:
Bachelor of Arts - BA
(soon to offer MA)

University at Leipzig/Germany
Leipzig, Germany
Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Informationscience (IFOMIS)

GREECE

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens, Greece
Health Informatics
Degrees Available:
Master of Science - MSc
Doctorate - PhD

IRELAND

Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
MSc in Health Informatics
Degree Available:
MSc

THE NETHERLANDS

Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
Degrees Available:
Master of Health Information Management

University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Medical Information Sciences
Degrees Available:
Bachelor and Master Degree

PERU

Instituto de Medicine Tropical Alexander Von Humbold
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredai
Lima, Peru
Specialized programs:
Health Informatics
Telemedicine
Artificial Intelligence

SOUTH AFRICA

Stanford-South Africa Biomedical Informatics Program
Program Name: Stanford-South Africa Biomedical Informatics Program
Participating institutions: South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the Western Cape, Belleville, South Africa University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Degrees offered:
MSc or PhD biomedical informatics or bioinformatics
URLs:
http://stanford.sanbi.ac.za/
http://southafrica.stanford.edu/

UNITED KINGDOM

Centre for Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education (CHIME)
London, United Kingdom
Degrees Available:
MPhil, PhD available by research in this area

Imperial College
London, United Kingdom
Degrees Available:
MSc in Health Informatics and Management

King Alfred's Winchester
Winchester, United Kingdom
Degrees Available:
Master of Science - MSc

St George’s, University of London
London, United Kingdom
Degrees Available:
BSc Biomedical Informatics

University College London
London, England, United Kingdom
Degrees Available:
Master of Science - MSc
Diploma & Certificate Programmes in Health Informatics
Graduate Programme - 3 exit points
PG Certificate
PG Diploma
MSc

University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
School of Informatics
Specialism in Bioinformatics
Degrees Available:
Master of Science - MSc
Master Degree - Mres
Doctorate - PhD

University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Degrees Available:
Certificate Diploma
Master of Science - MSc
(also MPhil, PhD available by research in this area)

University of Wales Swansea
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
School of Health Science
Centre for eHealth & Learning
SWEDEN

Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
Degrees Available:
MS